Improvement in boot-jacks



J. MARTIN. Boot-Jacks.

2 No. 210,795. Patented Dec. 10,1878.

N. PETERS, PHOTO-UTHDGRAPHER WAHENG ON D c UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE,

JACOB MARTIN, OF CAIRO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOT-JACKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 210,795, dated December 10,1878; application filed June 24, 1878.

To-all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB Manner, of Cairo, inthe county of Alexander, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BootJacks and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my device detached from a support, and Fig. 2 is a like view of the same attached to the post of a bedstead, the full lines showing said device in position for use, and the dotted lines its position when turned inward out of the way.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

It consists, as a new article of manufacture, in a bracket provided at one end with a pivotal attaching-plate, and having its opposite end adapted for use as a boot-jack, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter speciiied.

In the annexed drawing, A represents a boot-jack which has, preferably, the form shown, and at its rear end is hinged or pivoted upon a plate, B, that has such size and shape as to enable it to be securely fastened upon the post of a bedstead, G, or other similar support, either movable or fixed, so as to render said boot-j ack capable of being swung horizontally upon its pivotal bearing.

When attached to a bedstead, the boot-jack is to be secured upon the post 0, below the side rail, and when not in use to be swung beneath the latter; but said boot-jack may be attached to the inner wall of a wardrobe, a wash-stand, or any article, either movable or fixed, which will afford thenecessary support and will furnish space into which it may be swung when not in use.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, what I claim is- As a new article of manufacture, a bracket provided at one end with a pivotal attachingplate, and having its opposite end adapted for use as a boot-jack, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of June, 1878.

JACOB MARTIN.

Witnesses Bonus P. Ronnms, JNO. P. Bnonnnrox. 

